METHODS. Participants in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) were assessed by noncycloplegic autorefraction at ages 7, 10, 11, 12, and 15 years, and classified as myopic ( -1 diopters) or as emmetropic/ hyperopic (‡-0.25 diopters) at each visit (N 1⁄4 4,837–7,747). Physical activity at age 11 years was measured objectively using an accelerometer, worn for 1 week. Time s...

short-selling prohibition has been one of the primary assumptions of markowitz mean-variance model. solving markowitz quadratic model creates investment efficient frontier by considering only two return and budget constraints. in order to develop a more realistic portfolio selection model, in this paper, a new mathematical model is developed to allow short-selling under some practical constrain...

☆ The authors are grateful to Li Qingyang, James Z with data collection, and to Jun Yu and an anonymou the Centre for International Governance Innovation lisches Wilhelms Universität Münster, the June 2011 and Financial Econometrics, the 2011 Western Econo nance Association Conference in Macau — where thi ⁎ Corresponding author at: Wilfrid Laurier Univers E-mail address: [email protected] (P.L. Si...

University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA. Fiona R Lake, MD, FRACP, Associate Professor in Medicine and Medical Education, Education Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry; Jeffrey M Hamdorf, PhD, FRACS, Associate Professor in Surgical Education, School of Surgery and Pathology. Reprints will not be available from the authors. Correspondence: Associate Professor Fiona R Lake, Education C...

......................................................................................... II CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCING THE STUDY ............................................. 1 THE PERSONAL CONTEXT ........................................................................... 2 THE PROFESSIONAL CONTEXT ...................................................................... 5 THE REGISTERED PHARMACIST...